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Table 3 The representative amino acid patterns of the conserved transmembrane motifs of pig, dog and rat OR genes

From: The complete swine olfactory subgenome: expansion of the olfactory gene repertoire in the pig genome

Pattern no.

Transmembrane domain

Pattern

Pig

TMII

H-X-P-M-Y-F-F-L-X-[NS]-L-S-[FL]-[AV]-D

1

  

2

TMIII

L-X(2,3)-M-[AV]-Y-D-[RS]-F-[LV]-A-I_C-H-P-L-H-Y

3

TMIII

L-X(2,4)-M-[AGS]-X-D-X(2,3)-A-[IV]-X(2)-[LP]-[FIL]

4

TMVI

K-A-[FL]-S-T-C-X-S-H-L-X-V

5

TMVII

P-M-[LM]-N-P-F-[IV]-Y-[NS]-L-X-N-[KR]-[DN]

Dog

  

1

TMII

P-M-Y-X-[FL]-L-X(2)-[FL]-[AMS]-X(2)-[DE]

2

TMIII

L-X(3)-M-X(0,1)-Y-X-[FLR]-[LY]-X(2)-[FILV]-[ACS]

3

TMIII

L-X(1,3)-M-X-[FILY]-D-R-X(2)-A-[IV]-[CS]-X-P-L-X-[HY]-X(3)-[ILM]

4

TMVI

K-X-[FL]-[AGHNST]-T-C-X-[AS]-H-X(3)-[AIV]

5

TMVII

N-P-[FILMV]-[IV]-Y-[AGST]-[AILMV]-[KR]-X(2)-[DEKQ]

Rat

  

1

TMII

L-[HKNQR]-X-P-M-[FY]-X-[FIL]-L-X(2)-L-X(3)-[DEY]

2

TMIII

M-[AS]-[FLY]-D-R-[FHY]-[AILMV]-A-[IV]-X(2)-P-L-X-[HY]-X(3)-[FILMV]-[DGHKNPRST]

3

TMV

S-Y-X(2)-I-[FILV]-X-[AST]-[FIV]

4

TMVI

K-X-[FILMV]-X-T-C-X-[ACPST]-H-[FILMV]-X(2)-[FILMV]

5

TMVII

P-X-[LMV]-N-P-[FILMV]-X-Y-[ACGST]-X-[KNR]-X-[KNQRT]-[DEKPQ]-[FILMV]

  1. Note: The pattern for dogs and rats was taken from Quignon et al.[16]. [XYZ] means X or Y or Z. The lower case letter “X” can be used as a pattern element to denote any amino acid. X(m) is equivalent to the repetition of X exactly m times. X(m,n) is equivalent to the repetition of X exactly k times for any integer k satisfying: m ≤ k ≤ n.